Chasten
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHAS-tin
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Chasten is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
Where does Chasten come from?
French: spelling of Chastin; probably from the French surname Chastain
Meaning borrowed from Chastin.
Is Chasten a girl's or a boy's name?
Chasten is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chasten in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Chasten, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1986.
Half of all the boys named Chasten in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chasten in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 9 | #8,150 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,440 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 7 | #5,745 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
Names like Chasten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Cohen, Jaylen, Holden, Colson, Jensen, Jayden, Camden, Hudson, Easton, Carson, Bowen, Colton
Names related to Chasten
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chasten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chasten, updated 20 October 2026.